A & A Models 7222 Ye-5 / E-5 Interceptor

The MiG Ye-5 (another designation: E-5) was a Soviet experimental Cold War fighter. The prototype flight took place in January 1956, but the machine never entered mass production. The length of the aircraft was approximately 13.5 meters with a wingspan of approximately 8 meters. The Ye-5 machine was developed at the Mikojan and Guriewicz (MiG for short) plants for the needs of the Soviet Air Force, which since the beginning of the 1950s sought to acquire a new interceptor with a maximum speed of 2 Ma. To meet these needs, the MiG plants have developed several experimental machines, including the Ye-5. This machine was characterized by the use of delta wings, which, moreover, were tested by MiG on another prototype - the Ye-4 aircraft. The Ye-5 also uses a Mikulin AM-11 turbojet engine. One can risk the statement that the Ye-5 was the prototype of the first pre-series version of the famous MiG-21 fighter, which went into production in 1956, and three years later (1959) the Mig-21F machine entered mass production.